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Hi! I'm Stephany, a twenty-something young professional living in central Florida. My passions include football, writing, social media, and cruising. I am saved by grace and abundantly blessed. On this blog, you'll find stories about my life, book reviews, and ponderings of the future. Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March

February's goals didn't quite pan out like I expected. My running goals changed dramatically. Although I was running 3 times a week, it came to the point where I was just trying to finish the miles, not running for any time goal. And now I've come to a dead stop. Since I'm not exercising until my shingles are completely gone, it's all up in the air. I could be back in the game next weekend, or it could take a matter of weeks. It changes a lot.

My other goals included starting recipe cards and establishing a bedtime routine. Two big negatives. I'm really terrible at getting to bed at a decent hour and it means lots of snooze button hits and running around in the morning trying to get everything ready in a matter of minutes. This is a goal I desperately need to hit! As far as recipe cards go, I made one. One measly card.

Moving on! I have three new goals for March. Let's hope I do better than February.

Heal. Right now, I'm only focused on healing my shingles and getting better. I'm not in extreme pain, but it is uncomfortable. I just want to feel like myself again. I've never been one to take my good health for granted, but being sick does make you appreciate all those good times all the more.

Learn how to cope with stress. Obviously, what I'm doing isn't working. As much as I thought I was good at dealing with all my stress, I guess I'm not. I need to learn how to de-stress, some of it involving eliminating caffeine, eating better, and exercising. While I am doing the latter on a fairly consistent basis, I do need to really kick it up a notch.

Work on my short story and have it ready to present. March 24th is the date I've been dreading. I have to present my short story to my creative writing class. I am in a class with some really good writers. I know I am a good writer, but these people intimidate me. I've done a little work with my story, but I really need to set aside 30 minutes to an hour a day to put in some serious work on it. I think my nerves will be a lot less intense if I know I have a great story that I'm excited to share.

What are your goals for March? Anything exciting happening for you next month?

11 comments:

Hey, writing one recipe card is a start, right?? Good goals for this month and I like that you recognize priority number one is getting better!! No use in overexerting yourself and only feeling more stressed out and sick because of it.

My goal for March is to not freak out too much on my birthday. Haha. I'm turning an age I'm not all that pleased about.

When I was in creative writing class, I would leave it until I had no choice but to devote ALL my remaining time to writing and nothing but writing! This usually happened the night before the deadline, or lunchtime of the day of - and I ended up with an A+ :) I hope you'll share once you're done! Also? "I've never been one to take my good health for granted, but being sick does make you appreciate all those good times all the more." AMEN. Being hand-less for almost a month makes you realise how lucky you are to have health and working limbs!! I hope you recover ASAP!

Definitely give yourself a break and take time to heal. You def don't want to over do it as I think the shingles can possibly take longer to go away if you are under stress (which is probably the case with any ailment). Hang in there, sweetie!

My March goal is to get back into training for my 10 miler. I really did not run much in Jan/Feb, so that needs to change this month!

When I was in creative writing class, I would leave it until I had no choice but to devote ALL my remaining time to writing and nothing but writing! This usually happened the night before the deadline, or lunchtime of the day of - and I ended up with an A+ :) I hope you'll share once you're done! Also? "I've never been one to take my good health for granted, but being sick does make you appreciate all those good times all the more." AMEN. Being hand-less for almost a month makes you realise how lucky you are to have health and working limbs!! I hope you recover ASAP!